What They Said

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope, where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."

“The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches.”

"The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives."

"Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing."

"It is well to form the habit of saying kindly things. Sincere words of commendation help all true men and women to live more worthily and to achieve better things."

"It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.”

“The proximate result of obedience to God is inward conformity to the Divine image”

"Happy indeed is that church whose members not only desire to reach heaven themselves, but desire also to take others with them."

"Labor to clear up your evidence for heaven when God takes from your comfort of earth, so that as your sufferings do abound, your consolation in Christ may abound much more, (2Cor. 1:5)."

"The best way to live for to-morrow is to do well the work of to-day; yet the future should always exert an inspiring influence upon us. In the time of discouragement it is the hope of overcoming that brings cheer."

“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?”

“He is not to us a God afar off, with whom we have no immediate concern; but a God who is not far from any one of us, in whom we live, move, and have our being, who numbers the hairs of your head, and without whose notice a sparrow does not fall to the ground.”

"Men question the truth of Christianity because they hate the practice of it.”

"Swallow up your will in the will of God."

“We ought not to live in the past. No matter how full of blessing and good it is, we may not stay in it. Life is before us, never behind us. “

“There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.”

“There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit.”

“Faith never rests so calmly and peacefully as when it lays its head on the pillow of God's omnipotence.”

"Labor for a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price."

"We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press.”

“How wonderful it is that the gospel of Christ comes to us exactly as we are however weary and sad we may be.”

"Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once let the pedestal be removed, and pride will soon come down."

'The believer in Christ should of necessity be a happy man. Though like the Master whom he loves—and loving he serves—his path in some places may be paved with flint, or fenced with briar, yet amid it all, fed from the fullness of Christ, and living upon the supply of the covenant, yes, upon the God of the covenant, he is, and he must be, a truly happy man.'